Crime prevention is a joint responsibility

Crime prevention is a joint responsibility and no amount of patrolling by policemen or closed-circuit television cameras could reduce crime if the public did not play a role. Reported in the NST today, Rakan Cop tip-off led to arrests.

Selangor police chief Datuk Yahya Udin said: "The public is everywhere. People are the best source of information when something happens in their area. As for us, we are only a call away.

"Without the help of the public, many cases could end up unsolved," said Yahya.

He was happy that residents in some areas were playing an active role in curbing crime."In Subang Jaya, some of the residents’ associations have established their own mobile patrols and we are providing the guidance."

Sharing Yahya’s sentiment is city police deputy chief Datuk Ahmad Baharin Idrus who said CCTVs could help in areas such as the Golden Triangle but not in the suburbs.

"In places such as Wangsa Maju or Sentul, we need the public to inform us using Rakan Cop facilities for us to act. If not it would be useless."

Full report here.